1 Corinthians 13:5
it acteth not with unseemliness, nor seeketh its own; it is not angry, nor thoughtful of evil;
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
In Context
4LOVE is patient and benign; love envieth not; love is not tumultuous, nor inflated;
6it rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 13:5-8
Charity Described. ( a. d. 57.) 4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. The apostle gives us in these verses some of the properties and effects of charity, both to describe and commend it, that we may know whether… Read the whole commentary →